Rhino
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INDIAN
JAVAN
SUMATRAN ( HAIRY RHINO )
BLACK RHINO
WHITE RHINO
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Rhino short name for Rhinoceros, is a group of five  species of odd-toed ungulates

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 Two of these species are native to Africa and three to southern Asia. The table below compares

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the basic characteristics of these five subspecies.

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Rhinos are animals with their huge size ,bare sometimes pleated skin relatively short limbs and horned snout

 

ASIAN

AFRICAN
Characteristic Indian Javan Sumatran Black Southern and Northern White
Horn 1 horn 1 horn 2 horns  2 horns in male and female 2 horns in male and female
Size up  to 12 feet 9  to 11 feet   8 to 10 feet    9 to 10 feet 12 to 13 feet
 skin gray with deep folds gray with deep folds grey with long body hair with few folds grey to brownish grey gray
Status  Endangered Critically Endangered Critically Endangered Critically Endangered Southern: Not endangered,  Northern: Critically Endangered